The Andersons Inc

The Andersons Inc. operates in trade renewables and plant nutrient sectors in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Trade Renewables and Plant Nutrient. The company's Trade segment operates grain elevators; stores commodities; and provides grain marketing risk management and origination services as well as sells commodities such as corn soybeans wheat oats and corn oil. This segment also engages in the commodity merchandising business as well as offers logistics for physical commodities such as whole grains grain products feed ingredients domestic fuel products and other agricultural commodities. Its Renewables segment produces purchases and sells ethanol and co-products as well as offers facility operations risk management and marketing services to the ethanol plants it invests in and operates. The company's Plant Nutrient segment manufactures distributes and retails agricultural and related plant nutrients liquid industrial products corncob-based products and pelleted lime and gypsum products as well as turf fertilizer pesticide and herbicide products; and crop nutrients crop protection chemicals and seed products as well as provides application and agronomic services to commercial and family farmers. In addition this segment produces corncob-based products for laboratory animal bedding and private-label cat litter as well as absorbents blast cleaners carriers and polishers; professional lawn care products for golf course and turf care markets; fertilizer and weed and pest control products; pelleted lime gypsum and value add soil amendments; and micronutrients and soil amendments as well as industrial products comprising nitrogen reagents calcium nitrate deicers and dust abatement products. The Andersons Inc. was founded in 1947 and is based in Maumee Ohio.